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Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett.

A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak.

Of camel's hair. Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. -- Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (P. Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. -- Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood…

the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.canary.

A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.

nd than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.

A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]

ta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plura…

A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.

curring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.

A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.